Time-stamp attachment



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P. G. I 0 TIME STAMP ATTACHMENT.

Pateted Oct. 8, 1895.

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P. G. GIRGUD. TIME STAMP ATTACHMENT.

No. 547,546. Patented Oct: 8, 1895.-

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iETER G. GIROUD, or NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

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' SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 547,546, dated October 8, 1895. Application filed I5] 6,1895. Serial No.548,l90. (Nomodeh) 1'0 all whom itmayconcern: piece B is further provided with upper and Be it known that 1, PETER G. GIROUD, of lower longitudinal grooves b b, and an elon- JNeWark, in the county of Essex and State of gated slot h is cut'through the wall between 5 5 New Jersey, have invented a new and useful the upper and lower grooves for the purpose 5 Improvementin Time-Stamp Attachments, of which will be hereinafter described. wh oh the following is a-speciiication. The time-card holder is denoted by O, and My invention relates to an improvement in it is mounted to slide upon the fixed piece B atime-stampattachments which are adapted in the following manner: A tonguec'extends 6o be re'movablysecuredto the top of the along the bottom of the holder 0 and enters 'l -easing in position to receive the workmans the longitudinal groove or recess 12 in the time-card and hold it against displacement fixed piece B. .This tongue fits within the While the time'of his arrivai'or departure is groove 1), so as toallow the holder 0 to have 1 Mug stamped thereon. a free sliding movement along the fixed piece '6 5 The object of my invention is to provide a B. A flat spring a is fitted within the groove 5 fifivice of theabove character in which the b otthe fixed piece B andis secured to the time-card holder-may be advanced regular cardholder G by means of a suitable screw distanoes, so that the different times of the c, which passes through the slot 1) and enters v worlrmans departure and arrival may be the tongue By this means the card-holder 7o printedjupon the card in succession. e C is allowed a limited sliding movement along 19 1 Apractical embodiment of my'invention is the fixed piece B. The holder 0 is provided represented in the accompanying drawings, with a suitable handle a at one end, which in which v r is adapted to be grasped by the attendant for Figure 1 is'a partial frontview of a time slidingthe holder along the fixed piece B. 7 I stamp casing, showing my attachment in side For forming a support for the time'card I ex- ;5 elevation thereon. Fig. 2is aview of the top tend the bottom of the-holder O laterally at. of-the casing, showing the attachment in top its oppositeiends, as shown at c c, and conplan. view. thereom. Fig. 3 is atop plan view nect the outer ends of the said laterally-ex- ,ot the attachment removed from the top of tended portions by means or a suitable con- 80 the caelngand showing the manner of adnectingbar 0 These laterally-extended .';l' ?",-v'a.ncing the time-card holder one step'withends 0 c are provided with suitable stops or out releasing its engagement with the fixed abutments 0 0 between which the'card is in part-of the attachment. Fig.4 is an inverted serted into position to be stamped. .plan of the attachment. Fig. 5 is a trans- For yieldingly holding the cardin position 85 verse vertical section on the line a: o: of Fig. upon the holder 0,1 provide suitable springs 5 -2,'apd Fig. 6 isa view of one face of the workc c, which are secured at their inner ends to mini -card, showing the manner of the main portion of the holder 0 and their printing the different times of arrival and deouter endsrest, upon, the laterally ex'tended fifth 0! the workman. portions 0 cot the holder. The main portion 0 Theto of thetime-stamp casing is denoted of the holder '0, the laterally-extended poryA jn it is provided with the usual 0 entions 6- c, and the connecting portion 0 form jug cover the type-wheels of the stamp. Notan open framework, which will receive the shown.) time-card and hold it against displacement in 9'1 immovable portion of the atany direction, so as to allow the time of ar- 5 v eh' n'eht isdenoted by B, and it is removably rival or departure to be printed at the proper 45 iec'nred tqthe top of the casing, preferably place upon the card.- The outer edge of the ieaus of suitable screws 12, which pass connecting-plate c is turned downwardly, as

{t rough lugs 11' upon said fixed part and enshown at 0", so as to overlap the front of the ;,.ter the top of the casing. -A plate h is formed top A oi the casing. This downwardly-'ex-- roe integral with or secured tothe fixed piece B tended lip 0* isreintoreed by a suitable wire so, or near one end thereof in position to form or red c**,vas shown in Fig. 5. 'Thislip 0' will anextension of the top A of the casing when prevent the edge of the time-card from we I J he piece as secured thereon. The fixed 'ing as it is inserted'into the holder 0.

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, For advancing the holder C regnlar distances along the fixed piece 13 for printing the ti mes of arrival and departure of the workman and for locking it in each of its adjustments, I provide the following mechanism: A series of holes or recesses c are formed along the top" tended lug b of the fixed piece 13 by meansof a suitable screw E. The front arm of the lever D is. provided with a downwardly-extended pin (1', adapted to enter the several position.

openings or recesses 0 the said front arm is in its normally-lowered This pin (1' is placement within the said'openin gs or recesses by means of a coiled spring (1", which engages the rear arm or thumb-piece d at its upper end and the laterally-swinging bearing-piece 1d at its lower end. It will thus be seen that slide along the fixed piece as the thumb-piece d pressed the agement .holder 0,

of the lever D'is depin (1' will be released from enwith the recesses in the sliding and the said holder will be free to is yieldingly held in a position at right angles to the sliding holder (l by means of a coiled spring e, which preferably surrounds the pivot-screw E, one end of the said spring engagingthe laterally-swingingbearing-piece (land its other end engaging the laterally-extended lug 11 of the fixed piece B. It will thus be seen that the sliding holder 0 may he slid along the fixed piece B a short dis- 5 to have the time stamped therein.

device, supposing that:

tance without releasing the lever D from its engagement with said holder 0, the said lever being free to swing laterally in its bearing d. The distance of the said limited movement of the holder 0 is preferably the distance between two of the recesses 0 and is positively regulated by means of two stops d (I Proceeding to describe the operation of 'my the times of arrival and departure have een printed upon the card down to Friday, the leverD is caused to engage the proper opening or recess 0 so as to bring the space on the card opposite thefirst word In in the Friday division over the type-wheels of the time-stamp. The timecard is then inserted into its position in the holder C with its face down, and the plunger isthen depressed, causing the type-wheels to print the required time in said space opposite the first word In. As the workman goes out at noon, the lever D has been raised and the holder C been advanced one notch, so that the space to be printed opposite the first word Qut in the Friday space is in position This process is repeated as often as the workman structure in the holder 0 when held against" dis- B. .The lever D relative to the fixed arrives and departs from work. As the different workmen are going and coming at al'tout the same time during the noon hour, the feature of my device of being able to slide the holder C along the fixed piece B the distan ce between two recesses, the attendant can leave the holder as it is to stamp the time of a workman going out and can slide the holder forward to stamp the time of a workman com ing in withontpperating the lever D.

This attachment, as be easily attached to the tops of any of the time-stamps now in usewithont changing the of the casing in any particular. I do not claim, broadly, as of this invention either the combination of the fixed piece removably' secured to the timers'tamp, the timecard holder sliding therein and means for looking-the said fixed piece, or the combination, with such fixed piece and time-card holder, of a plate extending from bne edge of the top of the casing, as these are parts of. the subject-matter of an application filed by me October 10, 1894, for a time-stamp attachment, Serial No..5'25,478. It is obvious that slight changes might be resorted to in the form and arrangement'ot the several parts-herein described without departing from the spirit'aud scope of my invention. Hence} do not wish to limit myself strictly to the structure herein set forth; but

What I claim is-,

1. In a time stamp attachment, the combination with a fixed piece, of-fia time card holder having a predetermined sliding movement piece andmeans for lockthus constructed, can

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ing the said holder to the fixed piece at inter-.

vals intermediate of the limits of its fullsliding movement, the-said holder being free to advance a step while so locked to the fixed piece, substantially as set forth.

2. In a time stamp attachment, the combination with a fixed piece, of a time'card holder having a predetermined sliding movement relative to the fixed piece, means for locking the said holder to the fixed piece at intervals intermediate of the limits of its full sliding movement, the said holder being free to advance a step while so locked to the fixed piece and means for automatically returning .the

said holder when so advanced one step, substantially asset forth.

8. A time stamp attachment, comprising a fixed piece-having upper and lower'longitudinal grooves and an elongated slot between said grooves, a movable card holder sliding on the fixed part, a spring guide located in the loworgroove of the-fixed piece, a inneetion through the elongated slot between the spring guide and the said holder for holding the holder snugly in position on the fixed part and a locking device on the fixed part engaging the card holder for looking it in its several adjustments, substantially as set forth.

4. In combination, a fixed part, atime card holder having a sliding movement thereon and provided with laterally extended sup' BEST AVAILABLE porting portions at its opposite ends, abut porting portions, 3 connecting bar between ments on said laterally extended portions and the outer ends of said laterally extended porsprings secured to said holder adapted to ention s, the outer edge of said connecting bar 'gage the time card when inserted into the being extended downwardly to form a lip and 15 5 holder for yieldingly holding it against 'dismeans for securing the holder to the fixed placement, and means, for-securing the said part in its several sliding adjustments, subholder to he fixed part in its several sliding stsntially as set forth.

adjustments,substantially as set forth. 1 PETER G. GIROUD. 5. In combination, a fixed piece, a time card Witnesses: e IO holderhaving a sliding engagement therewith FREDK. Hugues,-

mnd provided-withlaterally extended supf TRENE B. DECKER. 

